Food-holder for bird-cages



(No Model.)

H. IRELAND. FOOD HOLDER FOB. BIRD GAGES.

Patented J an; 2, v 1883.

WITNESSES [NVEZVTUZZ N. PCYKRS. PMlwL-ilhguphor. Wnbillgbn. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD IRELAND, or CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

FOOD-HOLDER FOR BIRD-CAGES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 270,071, dated January 2, 1883.

' Application filed October 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD IRELAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Camden, New Jersey, have invented an Iniprovement in Food-Holders for Bird-Cages,

of which the following is a Specification.

The object of my invention is to.provide a means of properly supporting in a bird-cage the friable cakes of composition with which the birds are sometimes furnished; and this object I attain by providing each cake with a holder provided at the back with lips adapted to the bars of the cage, as described hereinafter, p l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cake of bird-food with the case for holding the same; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the rear of Fig". 1, and Fig. 3 a view illustrating the means of attaching the case to a cage. v

Cakes of bird-foodconsisting ot' a composition of various ingredientssuch as saccharine matters, seeds, cayenne-pepper, &c.--have been made; but difiiculty has been experienced in properly supporting such cakes of food in I the cage, thecakes, when dry, beingofa friable character.

- Icombine with the cake a case or holder, B, l

The combination of a cake of bird-food with a holding-case provided at the back with lips by which the said case can be attached to the bars of a cage, as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOWARD IRELAND.

Witnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

